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The Storied City
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Author : Charlie English
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-05-02
The Storied City written by Charlie English and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with History categories.
“Timbuktu is a real place, and Charlie English will fuel your wanderlust with true descriptions of the fabled city’s past, present, and future.” –Fodor’s Two tales of a city: The historical race to “discover” one of the world’s most mythologized places, and the story of how a contemporary band of archivists and librarians, fighting to save its ancient manuscripts from destruction at the hands of al Qaeda, added another layer to the legend. To Westerners, the name “Timbuktu” long conjured a tantalizing paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for “discovery” tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city. But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way too. A medieval center of learning, it was home to tens of thousands—according to some, hundreds of thousands—of ancient manuscripts, on subjects ranging from religion to poetry, law to history, pharmacology, and astronomy. When al-Qaeda–linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents, a remarkable thing happened: a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit the manuscripts into hiding. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines these two suspenseful strands into a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable.
Timbuktu
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Author : Marq de Villiers
language : en
Publisher: Walker Books
Release Date : 2007-08-21
Timbuktu written by Marq de Villiers and has been published by Walker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-21 with History categories.
Traces the storied past of one of the world's most fabled cities, examining the history, myths, and legends of Timbuktu as it rose from a camp for nomadic tribes, to a wealthy metropolis and nexus for trans-Saharan trade, to a center of Islamic learning and religion, to its long decline.
Timbuktu
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Author : Paul Auster
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2010-12-22
Timbuktu written by Paul Auster and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-22 with Fiction categories.
Meet Mr Bones, the canine hero of Paul Auster's remarkable novel. Bones is the sidekick of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant but troubled poet-saint from Brooklyn. Together they sally forth across America to Baltimore, Maryland, on one last great adventure, searching for Willy's old teacher, Bea Swanson. Years have passed since Willy last saw his beloved mentor, who used to know him as William Gurevitch, son of Polish war refugees. But is Mrs Swanson still alive? And if not, what will prevent Willy from vanishing into that other world known as Timbuktu? 'In this brilliant novel, Auster writes with economy, precision and the quirky pathos of noir, addressing the pernicious ubiquity of American consumerism, the nature of love and the core riddles of ontology. Above all, though, this is the affecting tale of a special dog's place in the universe of humans and in the fleeting life of a special man.' Publishers Weekly
Beyond Timbuktu
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Author : Ousmane Kane
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-07
Beyond Timbuktu written by Ousmane Kane and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-07 with History categories.
Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam’s Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa’s Muslim heritage and its influence.
Timbuktu And The Songhay Empire
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Author : John O. Hunwick
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Timbuktu And The Songhay Empire written by John O. Hunwick and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The principal text translated in this volume is the "Ta'rikh Al-sudan" of the 17th-century Timbuktu scholar, 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi. The other documents include an English translation of Leo Africanus's description of West Africa and some letters relating to Sa'dian diplomacy.
Daily Life In Ancient And Modern Timbuktu
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Author : Larry Brook
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Daily Life In Ancient And Modern Timbuktu written by Larry Brook and has been published by Lerner Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with History categories.
Examines the history of the city of Timbuktu, or Tombouctou, from its time as a camping site for nomadic Tuaregs through its prominence in the sixteenth century to the current decline it faces.
The Book Smugglers Of Timbuktu The Quest For This Storied City And The Race To Save Its Treasures
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Author : Charlie English
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2017-05-04
The Book Smugglers Of Timbuktu The Quest For This Storied City And The Race To Save Its Treasures written by Charlie English and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-04 with History categories.
‘An exemplary work of investigative journalism that is also a wonderfully colourful book of history and travel’ Observer, Books of the Year ‘A piece of postmodern historiography of quite extraordinary sophistication and ingenuity... [written with] exceptional delicacy and restraint’ TLS
Timbuktu A Ladybird Expert Book
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Author : Gus Caseley-Hayford
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-03-22
Timbuktu A Ladybird Expert Book written by Gus Caseley-Hayford and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-22 with History categories.
Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series. Learn about Timbuktu, in this clear and authoritative introduction to the place considered to be one of the most important trading cities of the medieval world. Written by curator and cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford, this book delves into the rise of the largest empire in West Africa and what made Timbuktu the most significant Saharan desert-port of the age. You'll encounter the Mali Empire in its golden age, teeming with riches, scholars and trades. Its history steeped in magicians, epic wars, story-tellers and missing ships. You'll learn what made Timbuktu so notorious and irresistible to Europe, and why centuries later it still enchants the Western World with its beauty, wealth, mystery, intellectual excellence and legacy. Inside you'll discover . . . - The significance of The River Niger - The great advantages of the introduction of camels - The birth of Mali - The connections between Islam and the Mali Empire - How the libraries give vivid access to the medieval African perspective - And much more . . . Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and culture. For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.
The Hidden Treasures Of Timbuktu
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Author : John O Hunwick
language : en
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Release Date : 2008-10-28
The Hidden Treasures Of Timbuktu written by John O Hunwick and has been published by Thames and Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
The extraordinary manuscripts of Timbuktu: invaluable historical documents, objects of tremendous beauty, and a testament to a great center of learning and civilization. For centuries, trading caravans made epic journeys across the Saharan sands to reach the markets of the legendary city of Timbuktu, where they traded salt, gold, slaves, textiles—and books. By the mid-fifteenth century, Timbuktu had become a major center of Islamic literary culture and scholarship. The city's libraries were repositories of all the world's learning, housing not only works by Arab and Islamic writers but also volumes from the classical Greek and Roman worlds and studies by contemporary scholars. The astonishing manuscripts of Timbuktu form the lavish visual heart of this book. Beautifully graphic, occasionally decorated, these exquisite artifacts reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning. All were written in the Arabic script, but not all are in Arabic, for they also feature a range of local African languages. Aside from scholarly works, the surviving manuscripts include a wealth of correspondence between rulers, advisers, and merchants on subjects as various as taxation, commerce, marriage, divorce, adoption, breastfeeding, and prostitution, providing a vivid insight into the ordinary life and values of the day.
To Timbuktu For A Haircut
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Author : Rick Antonson
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2013-07-01
To Timbuktu For A Haircut written by Rick Antonson and has been published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-01 with Travel categories.
Timbuktu: the African city known to legend as a land of scholars, splendor and mystery, a golden age in the Sahara Desert. But to many it is a vaguely recognizable name – a flippant tag for “the most remote place on earth.” With this fabled city as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut. Aided by an adventuresome spirit, Rick endures a forty-five hour train ride, a swindling travel agent, “Third World, three-lane” roads, rivers, and a flat deck ferry boat before finally reaching Timbuktu. Rick narrates the history of this elusive destination through the teachings of his Malian guide Zak, and encounters with stranded tourists, a camel owner, a riverboat captain, and the people who call Timbuktu home. Antonson’s eloquence and quiet wit highlight the city’s myths—the centuries old capital and traveler’s dream—as well as its realities: A city gripped by poverty, where historic treasures lie close to the sands of destruction. Indeed, some 700,000 ancient manuscripts remain there, endangered. Both a travelogue and a history of a place long forgotten, To Timbuktu for a Haircut emerges as a plea to preserve the past and open cultural dialogues on a global scale. The second edition of this important book outlines the volatile political situations in Timbuktu following the spring 2012 military coup in Mali and the subsequent capture of the city by Islamic extremists. Literally, it is a race against time to save the city’s irreplaceable artifacts, mosques, and monuments, and to understand why Timbuktu’s past is essential to the future of Africa.